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Avoid the pitfall of comparing for no two journeys are the same. Sweet mom, if you have been thinking someone’s life looks easier than yours, do not be deceived. There are always things you know nothing about. Settle into God’s will for your life and be content. Comparing how we look, or our husband to theirs, or our family, or our home… is just not wise.
We do not dare … compare ourselves… when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise. (2 Corinthians 10:12, NIV)
Happy New Year’s I love New Year’s Day. It’s my favourite day of the whole year. It’s new, fresh and full of promise – miracles. “Miracles are supernatural events that supersedes natural laws”. Do you need a few of these this year? Last week I drove by a familiar intersection and a memory came flooding […]
Silent Night, Holy Night. Christ is born. A week or two before the holidays, I try to read the Christmas story everyday; I don’t want to miss a fresh thought. Today, I marvelled at Joseph. He had already chosen Mary to be his bride and was looking forward to a life with his love. […]
Dear Mom, Imagine the shepherd’s surprise on the night of Jesus’ birth. They were simply watching their sheep, like all the other nights, when suddenly everything changed. Kind of like a mother – doing ordinary things on an ordinary day…when, out-of-the-night-sky an angel started speaking, hosts of angels began singing, the “ordinary” became “extraordinary.” Do […]
I love Mary and one day I will meet her. Right now she is with Jesus, her earthly Son – the Lamb of God who took away the sin of the world – what a story. Mary’s resolved willingness to obey the angel’s announcement in Matthew 1-2 and Luke 2 is so admirable. I enjoy […]
Dear Mom, When the angel Gabriel came to the elderly priest Zechariah saying that his prayer had been heard, he was puzzled. Having long since given up praying for a son, he had moved on. Sweet Mom, have you given up on a long-awaited prayer request? What’s amazing about this story is: when you make […]